The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19

on the h0artn nor the lnnuonco OF an OPAQUE
bottle that stood on the table between teacup
and green glass tumbler had been able to
dispel II. 80 the Major and had sat in gloomy
silence for nearly an hour. when suddenly he
broke tho silence and said:
DO 70 b'lieve th't q man seventy-hve year
old. an with only one leg an one arm. would
tell lie?"
The inquiry was startling one under the
circumstances. took me 30 by surprise that
saidlnothing and stared blankly at the Major.
"Do 70 blieve 1t or not 2" he repeated, TAX
ing up the bottle and the teacup and exacting
its duty from each.
well. Major" said. that's hard question
to answer. not knowing"
II &c.," interrupted tho old woodsman. Eye
don't know the man, never see him, an never
heerd him talk. Wall, ez this moIstur' can't
keep a wringin' itself out many days longer.
'cordin' to the way that fog's bankln Of itself
down yender long the pond. an the way that
winds beginnin' to slosh around 'mongst
them pines, an ez we won't how no time to do
psi$o Pieksri llshin in SOAs that pOSd:
eSsnin Lie Is the nun I'm puzzled dp on. He's
told me sumpln' at least evry year for thirty
Rssn e. niG9 SH' me-
thort sure he were a-stretchIn' 81 It pQoty durp
taut cause then he were 81 only IS an had beth
to stay Fetched fer three days TORS O any one
Els arm cut OIL says to myself erer II man en
had the habit Of lyin. this orter cure him. sure.
by gqnss 30 went over to see Lie. He were
z bit ham az stun fr9lic. But. By gum! he
story. an never f1iNChed n muSCle nor missed
word stu couldn't getIt list squar' IN my mind
70 ssnk va IL gG5 W H.
Koesl III comes Gown head. Lie & a iiar.
down heads an sometimes it'd eome down
ledge Lie, By tossin' Q cont. an I were left
tinty. ez Of Deacon slocpm used to say in his
% 90 Eys IG sto4y It al 3
liz i. Say, he v' ye Noticed anything absent:
=: / haven't, Major" said.
a9'i4.. Twa'n't his arm this time, an 'twa'n't
so He dam sseep 5o
the brush Il ySke,Lije up His gun we're layla
grab ier It an ketc6ed It by the bari. He give
Il ysnk. the hammer struck agIn a stun, Or
sRre ns ss & The aa ball .hss
TSsa I. ISgs 70 thInkin' bout that warn
ssln drswn long toyS ssdF the CD time s VEN
the hunter that never misses his mark viii
tens me- 81 that story e
help blievin' him7 An il he don't tel me 1t
sence the days of-of-ohl. you know them. fell
Them sTS use hear
turned inter salt or sumpin'', on count o their
wall. arter I thort Lie must % eittfn'
said he were poorly an no looked It; ). !! sot
to see the anger board ez p'in ted him In the d.
reetion o that story; It made mo feel bad. but
an got up to 60. Wen il liz didn't begin %lsh
that story jist eY solemn ez II he were only IS
me on coon trap, Hs told i iist the same anne
Il sf e s1d S ar
i xesEened while he kicked tie llie optep the
hey IL
Fight hand, an Kicked another st one to death
with HIS left foot. both at the same time. AFTER
he Lost hts right arm wen he,d some to that
With M rGht hanq cho SasT the ban
e sh9T
he'd say. 'ptend this were my right hand and
On he'd 90 on YIN his m So5 Ar
tic tho man nam. ssre iS yin he WoSidSt t. e blame
Sls to cas fer to
ne s e an arn half rs III arm NY Wa hap
pened th't the leg he shot off were the left un,
an wen he we're tellin me the story artsr that.
me, 81 cool ar, elected ez could be: - Male
asn st rss
pn how I done IT, he'd say, bein' ez my left i'm
is planted up thar on the ridge
onsartInty asln. an I've ben .donnderin' thar
ssISs N NV an
on It wuther it's u lilo or wuther 1t hain't. I
don't keer wuther 1t is or wuther 1t hain't, but
went atb to ENJOY sure bout It, one way
found IL Liz doodzgsr sitting b. his fire.
stSqI Tif Wis was frying RGTk iOF supper
after we were seated by the fire. watts up wi
Asst the OIL womsnl' said Lie in voice
have been when its owner was In full possess
The old woman didn't wait to be asked. but,
In a thin and squeaky voice that contrasted
SS%s s S Sm s tst OF her husband or what
Lie is koerless-terble keerless. Never see
setch keerlessness. II ! had young un tW9
lam the ke s outen It. Tn hain't NO
bon horned keerless Needn't tell me th't he'd
ha' ben ketched In that bar trap II he want
keerless. An how'd he shoot his leg of Keer-
less. An he hain't satisfied WI leayin' his arm
In q bar trip an a peggin' away at his lex WI
2 charge Q, baSkshofIyes Il were bnekshot,
could ha' chawed up that leg O. your'n like 1t
wasl 'Twsre buckshoti He want satisfied
even WI peggin' away at his leg WI q load o.
6uekshot sSi ne were pluggiS' a deer. an,
not wuth cent fer nothin', list In, pig KILN
mest sS nrd m an ears Nj ssTfhbs se
wa'n,t showin' enough yet how keerless he
could be, and 30 wat dous he do but up an
Rrsnes roa R, fothsr day on his erg.eh Spt in
the gropn es sliRpery, ez Ice wi, the rain we'd
been hayin Wen l kim In found him on
t'other People that's keerful alluz goes out
setch days WI one leg an one arm an a hick'ry
crutch; I've alluz noticed that pertic'lar !